The Conversation Every Composer Avoids (And Why You Should Have It First)

newsletter ScoreSchool Here's a conversation almost every composer avoids. A director reaches out. They love your work. They want you to score their project. You feel that rush — validation, excitement, the sense that this could be the one. And in that moment, you do the thing that quietly costs composers more than almost anything else in this business. You start writing. You don't ask about the fee. You don't clarify what rights you're keeping. You don't define the scope — how many minutes...